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Abstract

The paper draws upon two texts authored by Moses Mendelssohn and Immanuel Kant. They both address the question on the meaning and significance of Aufklärung raised by Berlinische Monatsschrift (1783-1784). Seemingly, the main theoretical point of Enlightenment is the relation between freedom and authority, particularity between individual subject (as man and as citizen) and political sovereign (the King). The paper argues that the solutions they advance to this relation have a two-fold impact on the political (read public) sphere: conservative in the case of M. Mendelssohn and subversive (even revolutionary) in I. Kant's case. The conservative impact means keeping the status-quo whereas the subversive impact steps beyond political sphere to public one. In the public sphere each individual will be defined more through the use of public reason. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
Uzuri ale ratiunii si destine umane în spatiul politic. I. Kant si M. Mendessohn1
Author
Dragusin, Nicolae
Pages
46-53
Section
Eseu
Publication year
2012
Publication date
Jan/Feb 2012
Publisher
Fundatia Societatea Civilia (Civil Society Foundation)
ISSN
12216720
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Romanian
ProQuest document ID
1010581748
Copyright
Copyright Fundatia Societatea Civilia (Civil Society Foundation) Jan/Feb 2012